What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ardnamurchan, Swordle Bay as Ship Burial (viking). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Viking ship burial; 9th–11th century AD. This site is significant as it provides evidence of Norse burial practices and seafaring influence in western Scotland during the Viking Age.
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Places near here
SwordleHead Dyke (post Medieval), Lime Kiln(s) (period Unassigned), Township (period Unassigned) · 525 yd
OckleBuilding (period Unassigned) · 972 yd
Dun MhurchaidhFort (iron Age)(possible), Structure(s) (period Unassigned), Hammerstone (period Unassigned) · 1216 yd
Rubha na h-Uamha, dunArchaeological place · 1.3 mi
Beinn an LeathaidMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Beinn BhreacMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
Singing SandsBeach / strand · 4.3 mi
Sgeir an EididhIslet · 4.5 mi
Cùl na CroiseBeach / strand · 4.8 mi
Sàilean DubhBay · 5.0 mi
Glendrian CavesWall (period Unassigned) · 5.2 mi
Rubh' a' MhileHeadland · 5.4 mi